In this second installment, we pick up the story of TJ Finkelstein and her goofy time travelers from the 23rd century, Herby and Tuna, with a pirate fight in her bedroom. Herby and Tuna think they can help TJ write her book report on “Treasure Island” with, well, an actual pirate fight from the novel!

This, however, sets TJ on a whole journey about cheating, and how the act of cheating can totally change the path one’s life takes – sometimes with drastic and devastating results.

In the meantime, TJ still has a crush on neighbor Chad Steele. Class geek Doug Claudlooper has designed a surfboard with little jet engines to raise it out of the water and therefore, allegedly, perform much better than a traditional surfboard and has asked surfer Chad to try it out. The only problem? To use it in a competition would be cheating.

So Chad, like TJ, faces a dilemma on whether to or not to cheat, with repercussions that could literally save or cost a life.

In the meantime, Elizabeth, the best-friends-since-forever friend to Hesper Breakahart, who just happens to be Chad’s “girlfriend,” offers to spy on TJ for Hesper. She is bound and determined to discover how and why so many weird things happen around TJ.

Even though the book is full of silliness, it teaches a strong lesson about cheating – the dilemma between taking the easy way out, or the hard, but truthful, way.

“AAAARGH” (TJ & the Time Stumblers #2) by Bill Myers is a fun read for all kids from middle school age to 100!